An employee, who police say they caught on camera stealing from a wheelchair-bound patient, is set to answer charges in court. Lexington Police charged 52-year-old Marsha Woods with burglary. Police say Morning Pointe Assisted Living, where Woods worked, notified police after getting complaints of a theft. The rest of the story is HERE. According to court documents, a patient at Morning Pointe had reported several instances of theft from her room. The manager, then, decided to set up a hidden camera. They also put $300 of the center's money on...

more info here Shocking undercover footage shows staff changing the dementia-suffering 85-year-old's diaper with her bedroom door wide open. Camille Parent set up secret cameras in his mom Hellen MacDonald's room after becoming suspicious about how she was being treated. A Canadian man whose hidden camera sting caught nursing home workers abusing his elderly mother is furious that the ex-staffers haven't been criminally charged, Canadian media reports. Camille Parent set up secret cameras in his mother Hellen MacDonald's room at the St. Joseph's at Fleming long-term-care home in Peterborough, Ontario,...

When people think of hidden cameras, the first thing that comes to mind is a nanny camera because that is one of the most common uses. But there are other uses for hidden spy cameras. Among them; Home security-to catch people breaking into your home. If you place one near your front door. You will catch anyone trying to break in. Business security-to catch employees stealing from you. Place one over a cash register to catch employees with sticky fingers. Marital infidelity- husbands and wives cheating on each other and...

This is a story about how the Ohio State attorney general is looking into eldercare abuse in nursing homes. You can read the whole story HERE. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced that his Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) has recently seen a spike in complaints regarding alleged abuse and neglect at Ohio nursing homes. So far this year, the Attorney General’s Office has opened 131 abuse and neglect cases, as compared to 74 cases in the same time period last year. Sixty-three of those cases were opened following Attorney...

click for more info In response to the growing use of hidden cameras to catch employees who commit nursing home abuse or neglect, some states have enacted or have introduced laws specifically addressing video monitoring of nursing homes. These laws explicitly allow residents or their family members to install recording devices. Any video acquired from these devices may be used in a criminal prosecution or in a lawsuit for nursing home neglect or nursing home abuse. You can read the whole story HERE. Hidden cameras are an effective tool in...

click for more info Effective Nov. 1, nursing homes cannot refuse residents from using electronic monitoring. Nursing home residents protected under a new law have the right to use hidden cameras to ensure their safety. You can read the whole story HERE. Tuesday Gov. Mary Fallin signed the “Protect Our Loved Ones Act,” a highly anticipated bill protecting nursing home residents that goes into effect Nov. 1. Residents and their families have the right to use hidden cameras to ensure safety in long-term care facilities. “Senior advocate Wes Bledsoe said...

click image for more detail Here are two stories about elder abuse in nursing homes and hospitals. The first one is from Canada and points out that elder abuse in nursing homes is not an isolated incident. You can read the whole story HERE. The second story is about a hidden camera that caught hospital employees abusing one of their patients. You can read that whole story HERE. Elder abuse is unfortunately quite common in the United States. Two years ago it was estimated that as many as 60% of...

click for more info Here's a story out of Oklahoma City and a video that documents the kind of abuse that elders get in nursing homes. Elder abuse is very difficult to prove. That is why a hidden camera plays a key role in documenting these tragic crimes. You can read the rest of the story HERE. If you have a parent or loved one in a nursing home or long-term care facility or even in home healthcare setting, you never know when the caregiver may be tempted to abuse...